The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-07-16
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1887.
A CHANGE Is GOOD.

TITS we'll 10 have NE oil { IN
power every few years was the sub
stance Of remark dropped yesterday
by man who was not in the recent
political movement There is much
practical sense in the idea, and it has
been carried out, as q rule, 10y the peo.
pie under representative institutions in
other countries. Although in the
United States we have seen the Repub.
lican party dominant for quarter Of a
century, yet during that period the
Presidents were changed frequently and
each one selected Cabinet to suit his
own taste and his estimate Of the ma
tons preferences. Cabinets in Eng
land are bowled over by changing
public sentiment with frequency that
almost makes ones head dizzy to con.
template. Power in these days is re.
garded as trust When the grounds
upon which il is bestowed upon certain
men have diminished from view in the
mutation OF circumstances and events,
fresh grounds are almost certain to
have doomed up for placing power up
on other heads. Too long a lease Of
power is very apt to breed abuses, and
that in the ratio Of the unworthiness Of
those to whom il has IA len. Under
the real article OF representative institu.
tons the shifting of rule from one
group Of public men TO another is
nowadays accomplished without turmoil
beyond the strife Of tongues and pens,
and that is intense and bitter enough in
all conscience. Still even where the
noiseless shower of ballots finally settles
the issues OF the times, there is good
deal Of soreness for time on the part
Of the side beaten in the struggle, 1t
is not necessary to argue that
in tins country there has not been the
reality Of representative institutions.
Every adult in the country knows that
the supercilious question, "What are
you going to do about in" has been al
most the only answer the principal con-
tributors to the wealth and revenues OF
the Kingdom have been able to
obtain from our rulers for several
years past when challenged respect.
ing their manner of governing the
country. BY controlling the fran
chise to suit their own purposes,
by manipulating the franchise that ex
listed most outrageousy, by alliance
with the royal prerogative iIlegitimately
exercised, and by persistently choking
off all attempts at electoral and legisla'
tive reform, those rulers have held sway
all these years There was nothing
apparent in the constitutional system
then existing adequate to cope agains
such odds Something outside OF tn,
Constitution was necessary to dislodg,
those who were abusing power yes
even usurping power-conlrary to tn
wish and will OF those who were tn
main support Of the nation Tha
something was discovered by the pee
pie having the greatest interest in find
ing a remedy for the evils of misgoy
eminent. The result was a sudde
overthrow Of the Government and al
almost equally sudden remodeling G
the Constitution upon the lines of poE
ular and responsible self-governmenl
II is natural that in the circumstance
OF such precipitate changes the part
hurled from power and their adherents
particularly their interested following
should feel extremely put out and, il
popular phraseology soreheadcd-
much more so than defeated partie
where the house has not to be pullet
down to reach the game. While
would be cruel to chide the grief O
those who have lost position in thu
late revolution, sensible people shoul'
frown down all attempts to conscl
them with the hope that what has nov